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During United Nations discussions on disarmament, Nigeria has declared it will not tolerate a new partition of Africa.

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During United Nations discussions on disarmament, Nigeria has declared it will not tolerate a new partition of Africa. Speaking in the General Assembly last Friday (26 May), the Nigerian Foreign Minister, Joseph Garba, said disputes between and within African states were being fanned by what he termed "neo-colonialist motivations". These were backed by a refusal to believe that African peoples could make the right choice in their political options. Africa would not, and must not, be made the new theatre of the Cold War, Brigadier Garba declared. He went on to set out Nigergia's views on nuclear disarmament.